A-Z Index and Glossary

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is federal non-classified information (i.e. information the federal government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or on behalf of the government) that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls compliant with law, regulations, and government-wide policies. 

The federal CUI Program is a government-wide approach to creating a uniform set of requirements and information security controls directed at securing sensitive government information.

A cooperative agreement is a funding mechanism, like a grant, except there is substantial programmatic involvement with the sponsor.  In a cooperative agreement, the sponsor participates more closely in project activities, often working side-by-side with the grantee. Whereas, in a grant, the federal government provides oversight and monitoring but is not directly involved in the project.

Also, see signature authority and contract or agreement.

Community of Science

CAS. Cost Accounting Standards. Specific rules promulgated by the federal government to achieve consistent accounting practices for sponsored projects. See 48 § CFR 9905.501, 9905.502, 9905.505, and 9905.506.

Cost sharing is the quantified financial and non-financial support contributed by U-M to sponsored projects beyond the amount provided by the sponsor. 

The general practice of U-M is to provide cost sharing only when required by the sponsor and only to the extent necessary to meet the sponsor's specific requirements.

Center For Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR). U-M unit that offers an integrated, comprehensive statistical consulting service, covering all aspects of a quantitative research project ranging from the initial study design through to the presentation of the final research conclusions. CSCAR provides help not only with statistics but also with software and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions. A service and research unit of the University of Michigan, administratively located in the Office of Research. Its staff provides statistical services to faculty, primary researchers, graduate students, and staff of the University. See https://cscar.research.umich.edu/

Clinical Trial Routing Form

See Other Support and Current and Pending Support Templates & Resources.

Curriculum Vitae

A platform of technological and human support for advanced, integrated computation and information resources in the service of research and learning. The Office of Advanced Research Computing works to advance CI at U-M. See http://arc.research.umich.edu/.

Doing Business As 

Department Budget Earnings

Drug Enforcement Administration

 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement

https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars

Department of Health and Human Services

Direct Costs are costs that can be specifically contributed to a particular research project, departmental research, or institutional activity (including instructional activity),  e.g., salaries, lab animals, GSRA tuition.

• A Direct sponsor is the entity from which U-M directly receives project funding.  All sponsored projects have at least one direct sponsor.
• A Prime sponsor is the entity with the original source of the project funds, if it's not the Direct sponsor. Often the Prime sponsor is indicated as the "Subcontract" or "SubK" as shown in the example below.
  • Ex: Health and Human Services, Department of-National Institutes of Health-Subcontracts  895800

Tip: In the eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system, there are assigned sponsor codes for U.S. Federal Entities, which differ if Direct or Prime.

A rule of thumb is to follow the direct sponsor unless there's a prime. With a University, though, follow the Prime.

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Department of Justice

Also see Just Grants and our Sponsor Specific Resources page.